ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_region module – Manages regions on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This module is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ngine_io.cloudstack. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_region.

New in ngine_io.cloudstack 0.1.0

Synopsis

• Add, update and remove regions.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6

• cs >= 0.9.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_http_method string	HTTP method used to query the API endpoint. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered. Choices: "get" ← (default) "post"
api_key string / required	API key of the CloudStack API. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
api_secret string / required	Secret key of the CloudStack API. If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
api_timeout integer	HTTP timeout in seconds. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered. Default: 10
api_url string / required	URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
api_verify_ssl_cert string	Verify CA authority cert file. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_VERIFY env variable is considered.
endpoint string	Endpoint URL of the region. Required if state=present
id integer / required	ID of the region. Must be an number (int).
name string	Name of the region. Required if state=present
state string	State of the region. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
validate_certs boolean added in ngine_io.cloudstack 2.4.0	If false, SSL certificates will not be validated. If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_DANGEROUS_NO_TLS_VERIFY env variable is considered. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

• A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.

• This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: create a region
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_region:
    id: 2
    name: geneva
    endpoint: https://cloud.gva.example.com

- name: remove a region with ID 2
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_region:
    id: 2
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
endpoint string	Endpoint of the region. Returned: success Sample: "http://cloud.example.com"
gslb_service_enabled boolean	Whether the GSLB service is enabled or not. Returned: success Sample: true
id integer	ID of the region. Returned: success Sample: 1
name string	Name of the region. Returned: success Sample: "local"
portable_ip_service_enabled boolean	Whether the portable IP service is enabled or not. Returned: success Sample: true

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)